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Commercial Business Lead
HNTBSavannah, USASenior
Apply What We're Looking For At HNTB, you can create a career that is meaningful to you while building communities that matter to all of us. For more than a century, we have been delivering solutions for some of the largest, most complex infrastructure projects across the country. With our historic growth, it is an exciting time to join our team of employee-owners. The Post Let CBL functions as an essential member of the Program Management Team—including engineering, construction, legal, procurement, project controls, and operations—focused on supporting the active administration of large alternative delivery projects (DB, DBF, DBFM, DBFOM, CMGC). This role helps manage the flow of information, contract compliance, documentation, communications, and issue resolution throughout the post award and construction phases of major transportation projects. The Post Let CBL supports the Owner’s interests in day to day contract oversight, interpretation, documentation management, and coordination with technical experts to resolve challenges efficiently and consistently. The role routinely participates in meetings with the Owner, contractor, designer, stakeholders, utilities, and oversight partners—acting as a representative of the Owner’s project team. We are seeking motivated team members who bring strong analytical skills, curiosity, communication ability, and a desire to learn the complexities of alternative delivery and P3 delivery. The ideal candidate is detail oriented, comfortable in a fast moving construction environment, and able to organize, track, and communicate critical information proactively. Key Responsibilities: Contract Administration & Issue Resolution
- Support resolution of construction phase project issues by researching contract language, gathering technical input, and developing recommendation options for DPM and Owner leadership.
- Assist in developing technical memos, determinations, owner positions, and written analyses documenting how contract provisions apply to specific issues, trends, or disputes.
- Support tracking, documentation, and analysis of change orders, potential change orders, claims, disputes, and resolution pathways.
- Provide background research and documentation for dispute resolution meetings, commercial negotiations, or litigation support as needed.
- Manage and coordinate flow of post let project documentation, including RFIs, submittals, non conformance reports, notices, correspondence, meeting minutes, and progress reports.
- Assist in preparing, reviewing, or consolidating responses to correspondence, contractor notices, and technical submissions.
- Help maintain version control, document logs, and compliance tracking to ensure timely handling of all contractual communications.
- Participate in project status meetings, risk meetings, design/constructability reviews, and partnering or coordination sessions.
- Engage regularly with technical SMEs, contractor and designer staff, commercial leads, and Owner stakeholders to ensure alignment and communication.
- Support development of contract policy revisions, guidance memos, and improvements based on lessons learned or observed process gaps.
- Assist in mentoring project team members on interpreting contract requirements, communicating in accordance with contractual obligations, and documenting issues effectively.
- Support the development of best practices, process improvements, templates, and training materials related to contract administration.